Farmers Feast

Via Kathryn LaSusa Yeomans Springwater Farm’s Chef Kathryn LaSusa Yeomans is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Mexican Feast this Thursday, May 3rd.  Details below… The dinner promises to be a sumptuous gustatory voyage of the intriguing flavors of Mexico. Delight in a myriad of courses highlighting the fantastic, complex flavors of Oaxacan, Coastal, and Mayan [...]

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What’s New at PSU?

by Deborah Pleva Under the picturesque canopy of budding trees in the South Park Blocks, the Saturday PSU Market will open this Saturday, March 17, at 8:30 a.m. with its ritual bell ringing and run until 2:00 p.m. Shoppers will find locally-grown and locally-produced food and farm products from more than 100 farmers, food producers [...]

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I’m Going to Carve You Like A Pumpkin

And that’s exactly what you can say to a pumpkin this Saturday at our PSU Market. PFM’s annual pumpkin carving contest is this Saturday at 9am. We provide the squash for free – you provide the artistry. Between 9 and Noon – or while supplies last – pick a pumpkin, carve it up, compost the [...]

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20/20

20 REASONS TO COME TO OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY You are supporting Portland Farmers Market, a nonprofit that has been bringing fresh, local food to Portland residents for the past 20 years. This is not your mother’s sit down dinner.  Instead, guests will roam multiple floors and rooms in the building to eat, imbibe, learn [...]

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Build-a-Better Portland

Fresh Exchange matches the first $5 SNAP users spend at our King and Buckman Markets. This program provides access to fresh, local, healthy foods to Portland families. Not only to participants extend their food budgets but that money goes directly to PFM farmers. It would be a win-win, except I hate that phrase, so let’s [...]

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Fresh Exchange Fundraisers

What is Fresh Exchange? Fresh Exchange matches food stamp dollars spent by SNAP participants—up to $5 per market per week—at our Buckman and King Markets.  The program allows these shoppers to double their power to buy healthy, fresh food for their families. In turn, those customers are using their purchases to support the local food [...]

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PFM Turns 20

It’s amazing to think that Portland Farmers Market has been bringing farm-fresh, local produce to the residents of Portland for 20 years.  Established in 1992 by three founders – Craig Mosbaek, Ted Snider and Richard Hagan – the original market was held in a parking lot along the Willamette River at Albers Mill with just [...]

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Kids Get Cooking at the Market

Imagine if there was a place where you could take your kid(s) to enjoy some fresh air, meet the farmers that grow their food, and have fun cooking and eating seasonal fruits and vegetables—and you didn’t even have to clean up the mess?  Watch this video if you think this sounds too good to be [...]

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Preserving the Harvest

Spring is here. I know it, as my rhubarb told me so. The first stalks sprouting up from my garden shouting ”sunny days are ahead” sounded the alarm that it is time for me to begin planning my food preservation strategies for the year ahead. So I get to work, making my first batch of [...]

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20 Seasons to Celebrate

In June 1992, Craig Mosbaek, Ted Snider and Richard Hagan organized the first Portland Farmers Market in a parking lot along the Willamette River at Albers Mill. That first market had 13 vendors on opening day and later grew to 22 that first year. From these humble beginnings, Portland Farmers Market has blossomed into a [...]

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